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References
- ↑ "231st Battalion, Hastings Park - RBCM Archives". search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ↑ Appendix to General Order No. 110 of 1929, p. 38
- Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.